La carrera de carros de Ben-Hur

A principios de la década de 1930, el extranjero Woland llega a Moscú. Esto marca el inicio de un sinfín de episodios misteriosos e inconcebibles. El forastero no es sino el mismísimo Satanás, quien, en su constante peregrinar por el tiempo y el espacio, cae en un lugar y en una época en que nadie cree ni en Dios ni en el Diablo, y en que todos niegan la existencia histórica de Jesucristo. En esa Moscú, sin embargo, vive un hombre -el Maestro- que ha escrito una novela sobre los últimos días de Jesús; pero se encuentra en el manicomio, adonde lo condujo, entre otras cosas, el...

Ursa Corregidora, singing of fear, pain, and longing in a Kentucky cafe cannot pass on the corruption, lust, and hatred of the Portuguese slaveholder who fathered both her grandmother and mother

Born into poverty in the heart of Eastern Europe, Natalia Nicolaeva dreams of a better life. When she is offered a job abroad, however, the promise of the outside world is as terrifying as it is thrilling. After gathering the courage to leave her tiny village, it doesn't take long before Natalia's worst fears are confirmed. Suddenly she is fighting, first for her honor and then for her life. This is a novel about the pain in the hearts of those made to suffer, the power of family to heal, and ultimately the grit of one girl determined to survive.

A single family, divided into those who support the Cuban Revolution and others who maintain a secret opposition, struggles to survive in a world of lies, hope and despair, and the ancient African gods known in Cuba as the Orishas.